AS 1004.

1—1998
ISO 8512-1:1990

Australian Standard™
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Surface plates for metrology

Part 1: Cast iron

[ISO title: Surface plates, Part 1: Cast iron]
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee ME/27, Engineering
Tolerance Systems, Metrology, Surface Quality. It was approved on behalf of the
Council of Standards Australia on 17 April 1998 and published on 5 June 1998.

The following interests are represented on Committee ME/27:

The CMM Group
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CSIRO, Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics

Engineering Employers Association, S.A.
Institution of Engineers Australia
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
National Association of Testing Authorities Australia
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
University of Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
University of Wollongong

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 97313.

 AS 1004.1—1998

Australian Standard™
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Surface plates for metrology

Part 1: Cast iron

Originated as part of AS 1004 — 1971.

AS 1004 — 1971 withdrawn 1997.
Revised and redesignated in part as AS 1004.1 — 1998.

Published by Standards Australia

(Standards Association of Australia)
1 The Crescent, Homebush, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7337 1958 9
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee ME/27, Engineering Tolerance
Systems, Metrology, Surface Quality, to supersede, in part, AS 1004 — 1971, Surface plates.
The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers and users with the requirements for cast
iron surface plates suitable for general use.
Surface plates provide the user with a plane or datum surface for many practical purposes. They are
made of cast iron or granite and for convenience of presentation there are two parts in this series of
standards for surface plates, each complete in itself, dealing with cast iron and granite surface plates
respectively.
The choice between cast iron and granite surface plates depends on the conditions of use. Some
general information about care and use, testing, and moderation in loading of plates is given in
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Annexes A, B and C.
In addition to the guidance given in Annexes A, B and C the following recommendations are given:
(a) A surface plate should be located so that it can be worked on from all sides.
(b) Preferably, the sensitivity of the measuring instrument used for checking the flatness of an
0 grade plate should be equal to or less than 0.2 second of arc (1 µm/m).
(c) In some circumstances it may not be possible to check the flatness of a surface plate to within
the border zone specified.
This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 8512-1:1990, Surface plates,
Part 1: Cast iron.
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which it applies. An ‘informative’ annex is only for information and guidance.
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CONTENTS
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1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 NORMATIVE REFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3 DEFINITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
4 NOMENCLATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
5 MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
6 STRESS RELIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
7 PREFERRED SIZES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
8 RIGIDITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
9 FINISH OF THE WORKING SURFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
10 GENERAL FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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11 ACCURACY — FLATNESS TOLERANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

12 MARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ANNEXES
A USE AND CARE OF CAST IRON SURFACE PLATES . . . . .................. 5
B TESTING OF SURFACE PLATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 6
C RESISTANCE TO DEFLECTION OF CAST IRON SURFACE
PLATES UNDER LOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
D BASES OF TOLERANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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NOTES
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AUSTRALIAN STANDARD
Surface plates for metrology
Part 1:
Cast iron
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1 Scope
This part of ISO 8512 specifies requirements for
rectangular or square cast iron surface plates
ranging from 160 mm × 100 mm to 2 500 mm ×
1 600 mm, as preferred sizes, in four grades of
accuracy 0, 1, 2 and 3.
This part of ISO 8512 applies to new cast iron
surface plates, cast iron surface plates in use, and
those reconditioned according to their grade.
2 Normative reference
The following standard contains provisions which,
through reference in this text, constitute provisions
of this part of ISO 8512. At the time of publication,
the edition indicated was valid. All standards are
subject to revision, and parties to agreements
based on this part of ISO 8512 are encouraged to
investigate the possibility of applying the most
recent edition of the standard indicated below.
Members of IEC and ISO maintain registers of
currently valid International Standards.
ISO 185:1988, Grey cast iron — Classification.
3 Definition
For the purposes of this part of ISO 8512, the
following definition applies.
deviation from flatness of the working surface:
The minimum distance separating two parallel
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planes between which the working surface can
just be obtained.
4 Nomenclature
For the purposes of this part of ISO 8512, the
nomenclature shown in figure 1 applies.
5 Material
Good quality, close-grained, plain cast iron or
alloy cast iron at least equal to grade 250 of
ISO 185 shall be used; the material shall be
sound and free from blow holes and porous
patches. Minor defects in working surfaces of
grades 2 and 3 only may be repaired by plugging
with material of composition, similar to that of the
plate.
6 Stress relief
After being cast and rough machined, all plates
grades 0 and 1 and of size up to and including
400 mm × 250 mm shall be given a suitable
treatment to relieve internal stresses before being
finished. It is strongly recommended that larger
plates of all grades be stress-relieved by similar
means; however, where facilities for this purpose
are not available, such plates may be stabilized by
natural ageing by agreement with the purchaser.
The manufacturer shall, on request, supply the
purchaser with a statement of the stress-relieving
process which the plate has received.
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